Suprascapular nerve block (using bupivacaine and methylprednisolone acetate) in chronic shoulder pain

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 400-406

  Shanahan, E M ^a,b   Ahern, M ^a   Smith, M ^a   Wetherall, M ^a   Bresnihan, B ^b   FitzGerald, O ^b  

^a REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOULDER PAIN; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE BLOCK; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG COMBINATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BUPIVACAINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037404926     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.5.400     Document Type: Article

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